Get the Book!
Learn how to work from your truth, no matter how extreme the dramatic situation. This book is a usable tool for actors looking for a more holistic physical approach to the demands of film and theater.
Attend a Workshop!
Discover your Lucid Body by attending a workshop! Workshops are taught by Fay Simpson or a trained Lucid Body Teacher.
Become a Lucid Body Teacher!
The Lucid Body Teacher Training is an apprenticeship program. Each apprentice works closely with Fay on their own personal teacher training path.
Lucid Body Company
Founded in 1990 by Fay Simpson and Lauren Cramer, Lucid Impact Theatre is a collective of theatre artists who have come together to create social change through theatre.
“I want to thank you for helping me find Patsey’s heart.”
Lupita Nyong’o“Thank you for creating LUCID BODY. Your approach to storytelling and unlocking the truth in the humanity of characters has been an essential game-changer in helping to deepen the creativity in my work and in my life.”
Amanda WarrenUpcoming Workshops & Events
The following workshops and events will be held at The Lucid Body House. 230 Lexington Avenue. Between 33rd & 34th St. unless otherwise specified on event page. Workshops fill up fast, so we encourage you to register early.
Winter Lucid Body Basics – Jan 15 -Feb 26
Lucid Yoga with Shayna Freedman – Tuesdays in March
Lucid Body Advanced Text Class – March 5- April 16
Spring Equinox Workshop – March 21
Other Fay Simpson Productions
SCOTTY
Inspired by Raymond Carver’s A Small Good Thing; directed by Fay Simpson, with assistant direction from Thiago Felix; created with the Stella Adler Physical Theatre Institute
Always
Meet the Lucid Body Family
Fay Simpson
Founder of the Lucid Body
Fay Simpson has been the Artistic Director and co-founder of Impact Theatre since its creation in 1990…Read More
Jamie Cool, LCSW
Lucid Body Teacher
Jamie is a licensed and practicing therapist in Houston, TX. She has studied and taught the technique of Lucid Body for over ten years…Read More
Ashley Kleinman, MA, RDT, LCAT
Lucid Body Teacher
Ashley is a certified Lucid Body who began working with Fay Simpson in 2005. Ashley started taking The Lucid Body as a movement class for actors and after a long journey of self process, she fell in love with The Lucid Body because of how transformative it is as well as its therapeutic benefit. Read more…
Chris Maddox, B.F.A, R.Y.T.
Lucid Body Teacher
Chris is a Certified Lucid Body Teacher and the Founder of The Wild Woman Project…Read more
Katie Knipp Willis
Lucid Body Teacher
Katie is a Certified Lucid Body Instructor who began her work with Fay in 2004. Katie has served on the Acting Faculty with the Yale School of Drama, NYU(Stella Adler Conservatory), and the Actor’s Center. She taught at the Lucid Body Studio the 8-week Basics Course, and May Intensives, as well as co-teacher for the Lucid Body Gratitude Workshop. Read more…
Thiago Felix
Lucid Body Teacher
Thiago is a certified Lucid Body Teacher, who was first introduced to Lucid Body in the summer of 2008. With experience in street and open space theater in Brazil, Thiago found The Lucid Body to have common ground with the Classical Italian theatre style, while keeping the heart tapped into human truth. Read more…
Raniah Al-Sayed
Lucid Body Teacher
Raniah as an actor and writer, has worked in London, Edinburgh, New York and regionally in the U.S. Born in Saudi Arabia, raised in London, Raniah trained at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and, later, studied with Michael Howard in NYC for two years. Read more…
Monika Gossmann
Lucid Body Teacher
Monika was born and raised bilingually (German and Russian) in Alma-Ata/Kasachstan. At the age of six she moved with her family to Germany. After high school she underwent three years training as a singer, dancer and musical performer at the Contemporary Dance School in Hamburg. Read more…